08
Assessing the IT organization: skills, structure, and key-person risk
A diligence framework to underwrite whether the IT team can run the business and deliver the deal agenda—and what it costs to de-risk the first 100 days.
Topic index
Post-deal IT integration and separation
12 chapters
Post-deal IT integration and separation guidance on systems, ERP, data, security, operating models, cutovers, and sequencing decisions.
1. Articles
16
Identifying separation and integration complexity during DD
How to spot the technology dependencies that set the separation or integration clock before the deal team locks price, TSAs, and Day-1 commitments.
25
Separation vs integration: making the right call early
A decision framework for choosing independence, integration, or a staged approach before system dependencies set the Day-1 risk, TSA clock, and synergy path.
26
Tech implications of carve-out vs full acquisition deals
How deal structure changes technology scope, Day-1 control, one-time cost, and the path from signing to a stable operating model.
28
Day-1 readiness: systems, people, and data
Prove that systems, people, and data can work together at close, with evidence-based gates, accountable owners, and practical fallbacks for the dependencies that remain.
32
Common Day-1 failures and how to avoid them
A control-based method to expose Day-1 failure paths, prove readiness, and activate fallbacks before ownership changes.
33
IT program management in carve-outs and PMIs
How to run the IT work as a deal program—clear owners, decision cadence, and value gates—so you exit TSAs on time and capture value without outages.
40
One ERP or multiple? Post-deal ERP strategy choices
A decision framework for choosing one ERP, multiple ERPs, or a staged model without turning ERP standardization into a value-delay program.
41
SAP in M&A: common scenarios and pitfalls
How to underwrite SAP choices in acquisitions, carve-outs, and integrations before S/4HANA, licensing, data, and TSA constraints set the deal clock.
42
Microsoft Dynamics 365 in carve-outs and PMIs
Where Dynamics 365 helps deal teams move faster, where it creates tenant and data constraints, and how to sequence the platform decision.
43
ERP for manufacturing-heavy businesses
How to test whether ERP can support plants, inventory, costing, quality, and supply chain changes before manufacturing deal value slips.
45
Procurement and supply chain system integration
How to sequence procurement, supplier, inventory, and logistics systems so sourcing value does not get trapped behind data and process gaps.